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• one in a thousand/hundred/million
  уникальный, редкий; один из тысячи, сотни; один на миллион

  I lost my purse in the shop and had a one in a million chance of finding it.
• share (someone's) sorrow
  разделять чьё-либо горе

  The neighbors shared the sorrow of the mother whose little boy had been run over by a car.
• toss off (something)
  выпить залпом, "опрокинуть"

  Simon tossed off the last of the drinks and got up.
• sock it to (someone)
  дать тумака, побить кого-либо

  Brown socked it to his neighbor for having damaged part of his property.
• stranger to (someone or something or somewhere)
  человек, не знакомый кому-либо; не знающий чего-либо

  I opened the door and saw a man; he was a stranger to me. I didn't know him from Adam.
• soil one's diapers
  пачкать пелёнки

  Marion's baby soils its diapers almost every hour.
• in the bargain
  в дополнение, к тому же

  They bought new furniture and a modern TV set in the bargain.
• string (something) out
  растянуть, растянуться (о расстоянии или времени)

  Last summer the swimming competitions were strung out over a period of three weeks.
• square up to (someone or something)
  смело противостоять кому-либо \ чему-либо

  "It's time you learned to square up to difficulties and problems and sort them out yourself."
• squeak by (someone or something)
  еле-еле успеть; подступиться к кому-либо \ чему-либо

  Unfortunately I was not able to squeak by the deadline and submit my grant application on time.
• hire out (someone)
  нанять кого-либо на работу, наняться на работу

  While still a student, Marion hired herself out as a tourist guide.
• slap (something) together
  поспешно смастерить что-либо, сделать наспех

  They were in a hurry to slap together a few benches to put in the garden.
• spout off about (someone or something)
  слишком много говорить о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  Pamela is fond of spouting off about her baby son.
• suggestive of (something)
  напоминающий что-либо

  The picture was suggestive of a country lane which I used to walk along in my younger days.
• trump up (something)
  выдумать что-либо, придумывать ложные обвинения

  Every time Sam is late for work, he trumps up some new excuse.
• so much
  столько-то, (так) много

  Jordan had so much to think about.
• to the contrary
  нечто обратное, противоположное (тому, что было сказано ранее)

  Although Joan was going to the movies with her boy friend, she told her parents to the contrary.
• something about (someone or something)
  что-то (странное, особенное, любопытное) о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  There is something about the man's offer; it sounds very bizarre.
• to pieces
  (разбить, развалиться) на куски

  While washing the dishes I dropped a cup and it broke to pieces.
• more than one can bear/stand/take
  больше того, что можно вынести (о неприятностях, несчастьях)

  Sally had a lot of misfortune in her life; in fact more than she could bear.
• slap (someone or something) down
  отвергать кого-либо \ что-либо, забраковать

  My tutor slapped my term paper down and I was very upset.
• stack up (something)
  складывать что-либо

  I stacked up the used newspapers to throw them away.
• tip the scales at (something)
  весить какую-либо величину

  Edna tipped the scales at 140 kilograms.
• trouble (someone) with/to do (something)
  надоедать кому-либо чем-либо, беспокоить, причинять неудобство

  "Will you please stop troubling me with your silly questions?"
• sound off about (something)
  говорить что-либо громко, во всё услышание

  Tim's brother is always sounding off about his lack of money.
• hold forth (on/about something)
  выступать, говорить о чём-либо, "разглагольствовать"

  Pamela likes holding forth about nothing at all; she is the most talkative woman I have ever met.
• square off to do (something)
  принять боевую стойку, приготовиться (спорить или драться)

  The two dogs squared off to fight for their own territory.
• skip bail
  не появиться в суде, не смотря на внесённый ранее залог

  "I cannot guarantee that the man won't run away; he may easily skip bail."
• sleep with (someone)
  спать с кем-либо

  The little puppies slept peacefully with their mother.
• something's up
  что-то происходит

  I do not know what is going on in the neighbor's apartment, but I am sure that something's up.
• signal to (someone) to do (something)
  подать кому-либо сигнал сделать что-либо

  The teacher signaled to one of the boys to help her carry heavy textbooks.
• slower and slower
  всё медленнее и медленнее

  Robert ran slower and slower and at last he stopped, struggling for breath.
• to bring someone for a visit
  привести кого-либо с собой

  "Would you mind if I bring my sister over for a visit?"
• to (someone's) way of thinking
  по чьему-либо мнению

  To my way of thinking George is too arrogant and highbrow.
• square things up with (someone)
  отдать долг, рассчитаться с кем-либо

  Bob is reluctant to square things up with me and give me the money that he had borrowed.